Lot 317
Letter by Rebbe Mordechai Shalom Yosef of Sadigura - On the Eve of the Establishment of the State of Israel - Tel Aviv, Adar Aleph 1948
Interesting letter signed by Rebbe Mordechai Shalom Yosef of Sadigura. Tel Aviv, the 14th of Adar Aleph (Purim Katan), 1948.
Typewritten, signed in the handwriting of "Mordechai Shalom Yosef son of R' Aharon Freidman - of Sadigura Przemyśl". Sent to Rabbi Kalman Kahane, one of the heads of Poalei Agudat Yisrael. Regarding attaining an exemption from army conscription for a yeshiva student, his son [Rebbe Avraham Ya'akov], a student at Yishuv HeChadash in Tel Aviv. The rest of the letter is about political matters and the security of the settlement before the establishment of the State of Israel and regarding the management of Poalei Agudat Yisrael versus the position of the leaders of Agudat Yisrael on these matters.
Rebbe Mordechai Shalom Yosef Freidman, author of Knesset Mordechai (1896-1979), son of Rebbe Aharon of Sadigura and son-in-law of Rebbe Yisrael Shalom Yosef of Mezhiboz. In 1913, at the age of 16, he was appointed his father's successor as Rebbe and filled this position for 66 years. In 1914, he moved to Vienna and in 1934 to Przemyśl. He served as one of the heads of Agudat Yisrael and of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah for many years. In 1939, he visited Eretz Israel and following the advice of his uncle, Rebbe Yisrael of Husiatin, remained in Eretz Israel. His family merited joining him there and immigrated to Eretz Israel before the Holocaust. He established his Beit Midrash Knesset Mordechai in Tel Aviv.
Official stationery, 21.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and torn filing holes. Handwritten corrections and marks [the Rebbe's?].
